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(No Model.)

E. H. PARLEY.

MOUTHPIEOE ATTACHMENT FOR TOBAOOO PIPES.

No. 601,373. Patented Mar. 29,1898.

NI'TED STATES EGERTON. HAMILTON FARLEY, OF HAMILTON, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO FRANK R. NEWBERRY, OF SAME PLACE.

MOUTHPIECE ATTACHMENT FOR TOBACCO-PIPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,373, dated March29, 1898.

Application filed January 27,1897. Serial No. 620,889. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EGERTON HAMILTON FARLEY, commercial traveler, acitizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Hamilton, in the countyof Ventworth, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented acertain new and useful Mouthpiece Attachment for Tobacco-Pipes; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same.

The invention relates to a very handy and convenient attachment to themouthpiece of tobacco-pipes for the purpose of preventing the smoke asit enters the mouth of the smoker from burning or biting the tongueduring the act of smoking, as is commonly the case.- It will alsoprevent small particles of tobacco,

&c.,from getting into the mouth of the smoker,

and, further, the head of. the attachment will be provided with anabsorbent material to prevent nicotine from entering the mouth andrender the smoke free from injurious matter.

The invention consists in a head formed oval convexo-concave and havingattached thereto three prongs (more or less) about three-quarters of aninch long and of about the thickness of an ordinary small pin, beingsomewhat flattened where secured to the head. These prongs are insertedinto the mouthpiece of a pipe, and the head is pushed up close to theoutlet, but leaving sufficient space all around it for the smoke to comefreely out, but at the same time it is diffused all over the month, notbeing concentrated at one point. When the smoke does concentrate at onepoint in the mouth, it is very painful and annoying, and my device willentirely remove all unpleasantness and render, pipe-smoking veryagreeable.

By reference to the drawings forming part of this specification it willbe seen that Figure 1 represents an ordinary pipe, partly in section.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment detached from the pipe.Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the center of the head. Fig. 4represents a similar view with the addition of an absorbent materialnext to the head. Fig. 5 represents the attachment inserted in place inthe mouthpiece of a pipe.

In the drawings, A, Fig. 1, representsthe mouthpiece of a pipe.

B, Fig. 2, represents the head of my attachment, constructed ovalconveXo-concave in form and about the same size as the end of amouthpiece, more or less. v

l c c 0, Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, represent the three prongs attached bysolder or otherwise to the inside of the head 13 and extending aboutthree-quarters of an inch from it, the points diverging outward, asshown.

01, Fig. 4, represents a material of an absorbent nature secured in thehollow inside portion of the head in any manner that will be mostconvenient and at the same time kept firmly in place, but easilyremovable to be replaced with a fresh piece of absorbent when required.By means of this absorbent material in the cavity of the head nicotineor small particles of tobacco are prevented from ontering the mouth ofthe smoker during the act of smoking.

Fig. 5 shows the attachment in place in the mouthpiece of the pipe, theprongs c c c being inserted in the opening, their ends sprung apart, soas to catch on the interiorof the mouthpiece, and the head withabsorbent material on the outside, as shown, leaving sufficient spacearound and between the head and the end of the pipe to allow the smoketo be diffused all around it.

The attachment, while acting as asmokedifiuser and absorbent ofnicotine, also acts as a cleaner of the mouthpiece by twisting theprongs around and withdrawing them, removing any particle of corruptionin it.

The said attachment can be made out of any kind of metal, preferably ofsilver, aluminium, or vulcanized rubber, and the absorbent material tobe placed in the cavity of the head may be of any absorbent nature thatwill absorb the nicotine and suit the purpose, such as medicatedblotting-paper or its equivalent.

Having thus described my device and its ad vantages, what I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The concave-convex disk B adapted to fit over the end of a tobacco-pipemouthpiece and provided with absorbent material 01 in its inner cavityas well as with divergent resilient the smoke which is thereby diffusedsubstanarms 0 extending inward from its center and tially as set forth.adapted to fit the bore of the said mouthpiece Hamilton, Ontario,January 9, 1897.

holding the said disk absorbent material de- EGERTON HAMILTON FARLEY. 5tachably against the outlet of the said mouth- In presence ofpiece butleaving suificient space all around W. BRUCE,

the said disk or head to allow the escape of GEO. MORTON.

